An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension through 1.34 for MediaWiki. Certain sensitive information within oversighted edit summaries made available via the MediaWiki API was potentially visible to users with various levels of access to this extension. Said users should not have been able to view these oversighted edit summaries via the MediaWiki API.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T234862 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie0aa0df2b3f03d8b910733f1b5e600a0dc978765 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-10-29 12:15
Updated : 2019-10-31 05:12
NVD link : CVE-2019-18611
Mitre link : CVE-2019-18611
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Products Affected
mediawiki
- checkuser